Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression

The authors apply vector autoregression to firm-level panel data from 36 countries to study the dynamic relationship between firms' financial conditions and investment. They argue that by using orthogonalized impulse-response functions they ar...

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Main Authors: Love, Inessa, Zicchino, Lea
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040839/financial-development-dynamic-investment-behavior-evidence-panel-vector-autoregression
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spelling okr-10986-192162021-04-23T14:03:42Z Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression Love, Inessa Zicchino, Lea ACCOUNTING ADVERSE SELECTION ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTOREGRESSION BALANCE SHEETS BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL MARKETS CD CREDIT MARKETS DEBT DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATISTICS ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EXTERNAL FINANCING FINANCIAL FACTORS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FIXED ASSETS GDP HUMAN CAPITAL INNOVATIONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIQUIDITY M3 MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MORAL HAZARD NET WORTH NPV POLITICAL ECONOMY PRESENT VALUE PROFITABILITY PROGRAMS REAL INTEREST RATE STOCK MARKETS TIME SERIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION FINANCIAL SYSTEMS COLLATERAL DECISION MAKING BUSINESS CYCLES ADVERSE SELECTION MORAL HAZARD ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES CASH FLOW FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES TIME SERIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT The authors apply vector autoregression to firm-level panel data from 36 countries to study the dynamic relationship between firms' financial conditions and investment. They argue that by using orthogonalized impulse-response functions they are able to separate the "fundamental factors" (such as marginal profitability of investment) from the "financial factors" (such as availability of internal finance) that influence the level of investment. The authors find that the impact of the financial factors on investment, which they interpret as evidence of financing constraints, is significantly larger in countries with less developed financial systems. The finding emphasizes the role of financial development in improving capital allocation and growth. 2014-08-01T19:16:03Z 2014-08-01T19:16:03Z 2002-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040839/financial-development-dynamic-investment-behavior-evidence-panel-vector-autoregression http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19216 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2913 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE SELECTION
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
AUTOREGRESSION
BALANCE SHEETS
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
CD
CREDIT MARKETS
DEBT
DIMINISHING RETURNS
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FINANCIAL FACTORS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIXED ASSETS
GDP
HUMAN CAPITAL
INNOVATIONS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LIQUIDITY
M3
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MORAL HAZARD
NET WORTH
NPV
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRESENT VALUE
PROFITABILITY
PROGRAMS
REAL INTEREST RATE
STOCK MARKETS
TIME SERIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
COLLATERAL
DECISION MAKING
BUSINESS CYCLES
ADVERSE SELECTION
MORAL HAZARD
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
CASH FLOW
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
TIME SERIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE SELECTION
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
AUTOREGRESSION
BALANCE SHEETS
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
CD
CREDIT MARKETS
DEBT
DIMINISHING RETURNS
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FINANCIAL FACTORS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIXED ASSETS
GDP
HUMAN CAPITAL
INNOVATIONS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LIQUIDITY
M3
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MORAL HAZARD
NET WORTH
NPV
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRESENT VALUE
PROFITABILITY
PROGRAMS
REAL INTEREST RATE
STOCK MARKETS
TIME SERIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
COLLATERAL
DECISION MAKING
BUSINESS CYCLES
ADVERSE SELECTION
MORAL HAZARD
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
CASH FLOW
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
TIME SERIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Love, Inessa
Zicchino, Lea
Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2913
description The authors apply vector autoregression to firm-level panel data from 36 countries to study the dynamic relationship between firms' financial conditions and investment. They argue that by using orthogonalized impulse-response functions they are able to separate the "fundamental factors" (such as marginal profitability of investment) from the "financial factors" (such as availability of internal finance) that influence the level of investment. The authors find that the impact of the financial factors on investment, which they interpret as evidence of financing constraints, is significantly larger in countries with less developed financial systems. The finding emphasizes the role of financial development in improving capital allocation and growth.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Love, Inessa
Zicchino, Lea
author_facet Love, Inessa
Zicchino, Lea
author_sort Love, Inessa
title Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression
title_short Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression
title_full Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression
title_fullStr Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression
title_full_unstemmed Financial Development and Dynamic Investment Behavior : Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregression
title_sort financial development and dynamic investment behavior : evidence from panel vector autoregression
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2040839/financial-development-dynamic-investment-behavior-evidence-panel-vector-autoregression
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19216
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